Military history of medieval Vietnam as a subject of special research

The article is a review of the book V.A. Vetyukov. Sword Hidden in Depth Waters: Military Tradition Medieval Vietnam. author has summarized results his long-term research-work on traditional Vietnamese army Later Le period (14281787). base research are sources; first all, Records military establishments A classified description past dynasties (the part by Phan Huy Chu (17821840); literature and authors field during stay Vietnam neighboring countries. In its comprehensive coverage detailed description, superior to all works that had been published topic not only Russian Western, but also historiography (first last two parts book). At same time, some conclusions deserve discussions, particular those structure history. any case, very useful can serve for further research-work, educational lecture series.